Calculating Time Difference in a Race

Steps:

• Locate the winner's finishing time from the data (e.g., 40.00 seconds).
• Locate the other runner's finishing time (e.g., 46.08 seconds).
• Subtract the winner's time from the other runner's time: 46.08s - 40.00s = 6.08s.
• Confirm the result matches the precision of the given times.

Why B is correct:

• Time difference is found by direct subtraction of finishing times, yielding exactly 6.08 seconds as per standard race timing rules.

Why the others are wrong:

• A misinterprets seconds as hundredths or misreads decimal places.
• C adds an extra ten seconds, possibly confusing minutes and seconds.
• D multiplies by 100, treating seconds as hundredths of a minute.

Final answer: B